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(particularly Persistent Organic Pollutants, or POPs) can remain for a very long time and enter the food chain, posing a real risk to human and ecological health. The UNU, along with the support of Shimadzu Corporation, is actively assisting Asian developing countries to monitor and manage POPs by providing scientific training and technology.

The UNU Project, Environmental Monitoring and Governance in the Asian Coastal Hydrosphere (Phase Four: 2005-2008), hosts a UNU symposium/conference annually to disseminate the project’s achievements as well as the latest international developments in POPs.

This year’s conference will be held at the UN Headquarters in Tokyo. It will focus on how the academic community and industrial sector can further strengthen the research and technological capacity of developing countries and better implement multilateral environmental agreements like the Stockholm Convention. This conference will also celebrate 12th years of partnership between the UNU, the Shimadzu Corporation, and national partner institutions across Asia.

The event is free of charge.

Programme

09:00-09:30

Registration and document delivery

Opening SessionChair: Fukuya Iino

09:30-09:35

Opening by UNU Vice Rector

09:35-10:00

Overview of the UNU Project and Introduction to the ConferenceMasatoshi Morita, UNU Programme Advisor

10:00-10:30

Japanese government policy on the Stockholm ConventionShuji Tamura, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry